NBA 1978-79Regular season

Final

Cleveland Cavaliers117–139New Orleans Jazz

Cleveland Cavaliers at New Orleans Jazz

Date: Saturday 24 March 1979
Arena: Not recorded
Season: NBA 1978-79Regular season
Meeting: 26th meetingof 118 played

Cleveland Cavaliers

Cleveland Cavaliers box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Austin Carr	41:00	8–13	5–5	3	0	3	4	2	0	3	4	21
Campy Russell	41:00	7–14	4–4	1	7	8	6	1	0	3	3	18
Jim Chones	26:00	5–16	3–4	5	1	6	0	1	0	1	1	13
Kenny Higgs	26:00	2–7	2–2	0	3	3	3	4	1	2	3	6
Elmore Smith	24:00	4–9	2–2	6	6	12	0	0	0	2	5	10
Butch Lee	22:00	5–7	4–4	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	14
Mike Mitchell	21:00	6–11	1–1	3	1	4	0	1	0	1	3	13
Harry Davis	21:00	4–13	2–2	3	2	5	0	1	0	0	2	10
Bingo Smith	18:00	6–13	0–0	2	0	2	2	1	0	2	4	12
Team totals	240:00	47–103	23–24	23	21	44	18	11	1	15	26	117

New Orleans Jazz

New Orleans Jazz box score
Player	MIN	FG	FT	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jim McElroy	42:00	8–17	6–7	1	3	4	8	3	1	1	2	22
James Hardy	34:00	8–10	0–0	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	2	16
Gail Goodrich	32:00	10–13	4–4	1	1	2	3	2	1	6	1	24
Rich Kelley	32:00	6–8	4–5	1	14	15	4	1	3	2	5	16
Spencer Haywood	27:00	10–14	2–3	2	5	7	3	1	1	2	4	22
Marty Byrnes	23:00	3–6	3–5	1	3	4	1	0	0	2	3	9
Tommie Green	22:00	1–3	6–7	0	2	2	5	0	0	1	4	8
Paul Griffin	16:00	1–2	0–0	2	3	5	3	2	0	1	3	2
Aaron James	12:00	9–10	2–3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20
Team totals	240:00	56–83	27–34	8	33	41	31	10	6	17	24	139

This season

Utah Jazz 2, Cleveland Cavaliers 2 in NBA 1978-79.

24 Oct 1978New Orleans Jazz 104–122 Cleveland Cavaliers
6 Jan 1979Cleveland Cavaliers 105–94 New Orleans Jazz
24 Feb 1979New Orleans Jazz 105–96 Cleveland Cavaliers
24 Mar 1979117–139 this game

Records going in

Cleveland Cavaliers: 28–45
New Orleans Jazz: 23–52

Regular season, before this game.

Meetings

All-time: Utah Jazz 63, Cleveland Cavaliers 55.

24 Feb 1979New Orleans Jazz 105–96 Cleveland Cavaliers
20 Nov 1979Utah Jazz 107–119 Cleveland Cavaliers

Data: Basketball-Reference, NBA stats API.